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Lady Indians fall in first game of Lordsburg tourney; but improvement is on the rise

By Danny Udero DUDERO@SCSUN-NEWS.COM

Posted:
11/30/2012 12:05:10 PM MST

BAYARD What a difference a few days make. The Cobre High girls basketball team went from getting blown out to almost winning a game Thursday in the Lordsburg tourney. The Lady Indians fell to Duncan, Ariz., 56-43, and improved in almost every aspect of their game.

I was proud of the way the girls played, head coach Robert Benfield said. We are getting better and better. We did make some dumb mistakes, but I do see improvement every day and our goal is to put forth four full quarters of basketball once district begins.

Marisa Macon led Cobre in scoring, with 12 points. Dezarae Carrillo followed her with 12, while Kayla Rodriguez was the third player in double figures, with 10 points.

Dezarae missed out on last year, and she really had a great game for us, Benfield said. I was also happy with Marisa s play. I think both of them are gaining confidence.

Other scoring from the Lady Indians had Mariah Guck, with five points, while Loren Alvarado had four, and Mariah Zamora had one.
Duncan was led by Kylee Jones, who posted 24 points.

Kylee was just big and tall and she killed us, Benfield said. She was able to take the ball to the hole, and score.

The Lady Indians had two bad quarters, and it began in the first, as they went down, 18-6. But, the second stanza saw Cobre put up 12 points, while Duncan did the same, and the Lady Indians trailed, 30-18, at the break.

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We took the ball to the hole in the second quarter and forced them to foul us, Benfield said. We just couldn t hit our free throws. We were too inconsistent. We got down by as many as 25 points before we made a comeback right before halftime.

In the third quarter, Duncan erupted again for another 18 points, while Cobre tallied just seven. It wasn t until the fourth period when the Lady Indians added 18 points of their own, while they held Duncan to just eight.

We were just too inconsistent, Benfield said. We got down by as many as 30 points in the third period and then we cut it down to 13 at the end of the game. We were good in the second and fourth quarters, but the first and third hurt us.

Cobre was just 14-of-33 at the free--throw line, but did commit less turnovers than in its last game. Benfield said they got Duncan in foul trouble but couldn t convert on those shots or it would have been a different outcome.

The Lady Indians dropped to 0-3 overall, and was to face the loser of Academia Juarez and Lordsburg on Friday in the next round.